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A pair of bare metal ejection seats with no cushions or padding are mounted on a plywood base, placed beside a few cardboard boxes. Behind the seats, a camouflage-green helicopter is partially visible.

How a pair of ejection seats from the Avro CF-105 Arrow survived

Table-top instrument featuring a small 10-key keyboard made of wood and ivory and ten cylindrical resonators made of brass. All are mounted on a wooden base.

Sounds of the Past and Insights for the Future: How Museum Artifacts Can Inspire Musical Creativity

Two images spliced: On the left, different plant-based milk alternatives, on the right, an overhead view of the Spirit rover.

2 things - and more! - you should know about plant-based milk alternatives and weather on Mars

Overhead shot of the reconstructed instrument with the control surface opened up, showing various wires and electronic modules located beneath.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer (Part II)

Left to right: solar panels placed high above low-lying green farm crops in a field; bubbles of various sizes rising in a yellow-green medium; and two tarantula feet magnified 40 times appear orange in colour against a navy-blue background.

3 Things you should know about using the same farmland for producing crops AND solar energy, museum conservators’ superhuman “vision,” and making french fries in space

Black and white horizontal photograph of man wearing glasses who is laying on his side on the ground feeding a small squirrel by hand.

Reading Expedition Photographs in the Frank T. Davies Fonds

Two images, spliced. On the left: Aerial photograph of two rows of six large circular nets floating on water and attached by ropes to a boat. On the right: The rings of Saturn slice horizontally, almost edge-on, through the middle of the image. A variety of Saturnian moons of varying apparent sizes are in the image ranging from very small, background moons to larger and closer moons.

2 Things you should know about an integrated aquaculture system and discovering more of Saturn's moons

A red plastic telephone with the handset off of the base on a light grey table. There are scratches on the phone which is an angular design. The rotary dial is on the handset and attached to the base by a red spiral cord.

A Phone Call from Below the Arctic Ice - The 50th Anniversary of Arctic III Sub-Igloo Phone Call to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Spliced image, from left to right: a seismometer on mars, a heap of red rhubarb stalks with green leaves, a copper roof of the Canaian Parliament

3 Things you should know about marsquakes, the value of urine, and the chemistry of rhubarb

A bronze relief bust of a man is set in stone.

Electricity in Our Lives: Connecting Ingenium’s Collection to the City of Ottawa

Green and pink Northern Lights glow above a snowy residential street. An orange pickup truck is parked in front of one of the houses.

The Oral History of the Oil Sands: Showcasing the Identity of Our Community

A dirty glass slide of a stromatolite with a dirty cotton swab at the bottom; a close-up on a bee with a green head and thorax on a yellow flower; a false colour 3D view of the surface of Venus showing volcanoes and lava flowing towards the foreground.

3 Things you should know about how native bees are important pollinators, how saliva is used to clean artifacts, and active volcanism on Venus

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Logan Archbold Vilas, the official aviator of the Wisconsin State Board of Forestry. Anon., “Wisconsin Has Flying Fire Warden.” The State Journal, 14 October 1915, 11.

A tale of air, water, and fire: A peek at the aeronautical activities of Hoffar Motor Boat Company of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1915-27, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Greetings and salutations, my reading friend. You will of course remember how the first part of this article ended. Something about the beginning of a new phase in the aeronautical history of Hoffar Motor Boat Company of Vancouver, British Columbia. Are you ready? Let us begin. Would you believe that, in 1909, William T. Cox, Assistant Forester of the United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, allegedly wondered if aeroplanes could be of use in forest

The wreckage of the Hoffar H-2 flying boat after its crash on the roof of the house of an ear, eye and nose doctor, Vancouver, British Columbia. Anon., “From Hantsport to Vancouver.” Canadian Courier, 28 September 1918, 12.

A tale of air, water, and fire: A peek at the aeronautical activities of Hoffar Motor Boat Company of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1915-27, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Have you ever had one of those days when you should have stayed in bed, my reading friend? The photograph you just saw probably fits in that category. Now, fear not, the pilot of the flying machine in that image lived to fly another day. Mind you, one could argue he was rather lucky to have walked away. To understand how the flying machine in question ended up of the roof of the Vancouver, British Columbia, house of an ear, eye and nose doctor by the name of James Collins Farish, one had to step

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Contesting Closure

Contesting Closure is an Ingenium-University of Toronto research collaboration that examines the history of General Motors Canada in Oshawa from 1980 to 2019.

Wilfrid Thomas Reid. Anon., “Specification and description of the Reid Rambler.” Canadian Air Review, November 1928, 30.

It was born a rambling plane, trying to make a living and doing the best it could: The fascinating story of the Reid / Curtiss-Reid Rambler, Canada’s first light / private plane, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Hello, my reading friend fascinated by aerial matters and, in this case, the fascinating story of the first light / private plane designed in Canada, the Reid Rambler. So, let us begin the second part of our presentation without any more twaddle. Wilfrid Thomas Reid, founding president of Reid Aircraft Limited of Montréal, Québec, (office) and Cartierville, Québec (workshop), began the design of the Rambler, an all-new two-seat training aircraft, even before the end of the winter of 1927-28. It

A pair of bare metal ejection seats with no cushions or padding are mounted on a plywood base, placed beside a few cardboard boxes. Behind the seats, a camouflage-green helicopter is partially visible.

How a pair of ejection seats from the Avro CF-105 Arrow survived

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

When the Avro Arrow project was cancelled by the federal government in 1959, the six planes already constructed were to be completely destroyed. Fortunately, a pair of ejection seats survived. This is their story.

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An advertisement of Curtiss-Reid Aircraft Company Limited of Montréal / Cartierville, Québec, showing its Curtiss-Reid Rambler light / private plane. Anon., “Curtiss-Reid Aircraft Company Limited.” Canadian Air Review, May 1929, 23.

It was born a rambling plane, trying to make a living and doing the best it could: The fascinating story of the Reid / Curtiss-Reid Rambler, Canada’s first light / private plane, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

With your permission, or without it if necessary, yours truly would like to serve you a main course of an aeronautical nature today. A course which had its origins in a period in the history of aeronautics I am particularly fond of, the interwar period, between 1918 and 1939. A course linked to the 95th anniversary of the first flight of a Canadian-designed aircraft in September 1928. Êtes-vous greyé(e)? Yes, yes, greyé(e). In other words, are you ready? Wunderbar! Let us begin, with a bit of

The SAGEM CU-161 Sperwer of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum after one of its uneventful landings in Afghanistan. David Pugliese, “Faulty drones risk lives: troops.” Ottawa Citizen, 29 August 2007, 10.

Canada’s introduction to a deadly game of drones: An all too brief look at the Canadian career of the SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Welcome back, my reading friend. Are we ready to proceed on the path to enlightenment? Wunderbar! The road to a slightly better understanding of the Canadian career of the SAGEM CU-161 Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle beckons. As discussions concerning the long-term use of unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAV) were taking place in Canada, the Canadian Forces’ Sperwers returned to Afghanistan, possibly a tad later than originally planned, in February 2006. In mid-March, the Canadian Forces’

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The first SAGEM CU-161 Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle operated by the Canadian Forces, near Kabul, Afghanistan, November 2003. Anon., “Drones canadiens utilisés en Afghanistan.” La Presse, 19 mars 2006, A 5.

Canada’s introduction to a deadly game of drones: An all too brief look at the Canadian career of the SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Welcome back, my reading friend. Given that, this time around, you did not catch me in the middle of something, the two of us can now proceed on the yellow brick road of memory lane toward a better understanding of the Canadian aspect of the saga of the SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle. That Canadian aspect burst into the scene in 2003. Well, it actually sneaked into the scene in 2001, soon after the infamous attacks which took place in the United States on 11 September of that

How a pair of ejection seats from the Avro CF-105 Arrow survived

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

A view of a generic / typical SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle. Chris Wattie, “Army buys spy drones for Afghan mission.” National Post, 8 August 2003, 4.

Canada’s introduction to a deadly game of drones: An all too brief look at the Canadian career of the SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Greetings, my reading friend, and profuse apologies. Unable to restrain my wing nutty tendencies any further, yours truly has strayed into the tangled forest that was / is military procurement. Yes, I did. And I am taking you with me down that garden path. More specifically, I would like to disentangle the convoluted story of a piece of military hardware, the SAGEM Sperwer tactical unpiloted aerial vehicle, whose acquisition was announced by the Department of National Defence 20 years ago this

The first miniature Cadillac as it was driven in London, England, by an unidentified office boy working at F.S. Bennett Limited. British & Colonial Kinematograph Company Limited, The Smallest Car in the Largest City in the World, 1913.

Road Transportation

A prince and his Cadillac; or, How Prince Olav of house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, heir to the throne of Norway, got his first jalopy – with information on other miniature Cadillacs, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Hei, min lesevenn, hvordan går det? Det går bra. Takk for at du spør. Again, sorry for starting the second part of this article with three sentences in Norwegian. All right, let us begin. In late December 1912, in other words very soon after the miniature Cadillac mentioned in the first part of this article was presented to a blisteringly ecstatic Prince Olav, heir to the throne of Norway, the main representative of Cadillac Motor Car Company in the United Kingdom, Frederick Stanley “Fred”

A lilliputian Cadillacs which might be the one mentioned in the title of this article, 1912-13. Anon., “La plus petite voiturette automobile au monde.” La Science et la Vie, August 1913, 275.

Road Transportation

A prince and his Cadillac; or, How Prince Olav of house Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, heir to the throne of Norway, got his first jalopy – with information on other miniature Cadillacs, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Hei, min lesevenn, hvordan går det? Det går bra. Takk for at du spør. Temaet for denne utgaven av vår fantastiske blogg / bulletin / dings er... Sorry, sorry, yours truly forgot that I was conversing with you in Norwegian. The topic of this edition of our wonderful blog / bulletin / thingee is an automobile. But not any type of automobile. Nay. A Cadillac. Yes, yes, a Cadillac. Only once in my long life have I had the opportunity of placing my curatorial posterior on the plush seat of a Cadillac

André-Georges Lafitte’s arrival in Dijon, France, June 1990. A.-G. Lafitte, “Un membre de l’I.F.N. traverse l’Atlantique Nord en U.L.M.” Navigation, October 1991, 559.

The Pélican brief: The fascinating history of one of the founding pillars of the Québec ultralight aircraft industry, Ultravia Aéro Incorporée, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Good day to you, my assiduous reading friend. I am pleased to reconnect with you on our path to aerospace enlightenment. Let us see how will end the saga of the Québec ultralight / microlight aircraft manufacturing firm Ultravia Aéro Incorporée of Mascouche, Québec. And you have a question, do you not, my reading friend? What is an U.L.M? And what is the I.F.N.? Uh, those are two questions, are they not, my reading friend? Anyway, let us deal with these queries, then move on. An U.L.M. was / is

Table-top instrument featuring a small 10-key keyboard made of wood and ivory and ten cylindrical resonators made of brass. All are mounted on a wooden base.

Sounds of the Past and Insights for the Future: How Museum Artifacts Can Inspire Musical Creativity

Maryam Soufisiavash

University of Alberta

I joined Ingenium last Fall as the 2022-23 Research Fellow in Sound and Science, working with curators and international researchers on a database project called Sound and Science: a Database for Sources on the History of Acoustics. As a pianist, I have always had an interest in the study of sound; however, this project led me to re-evaluate, reconsider, and think more creatively about the acoustic elements of the different instruments I play and the different performance spaces I perform in

A typical Ultravia Pélican ultralight aircraft on floats. The absence of a registration is worth noting. Anon., “Amateurs – ULM ou avions?” Aviation magazine international, 1 August 1983, 37.

The Pélican brief: The fascinating history of one of the founding pillars of the Québec ultralight aircraft industry, Ultravia Aéro Incorporée, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Good day, good day indeed, to you, my reading friend, and welcome to the wonderful world of aviation and space. Well, to that of aviation anyway. For many aviation enthusiasts, the light / private planes present in small airports are way too expensive to buy, and have been for several if not many decades. Machines often very similar in appearance and performance known as ultralight / microlight / light sport aircraft, if they were delivered in airworthy condition, or as amateur-built / homebuilt

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